Tasks Performed: Consultant responsible for locating suitable reservoir sites for water storage and assessing the geologic feasibility of constructing a large dam. He conducted geologic field studies to locate and investigate four potential reservoir sites and prepared conceptual designs and construction cost estimates for a 70-meter-high and 415-meter-long RCC dam.
Duration: 1995-1996 (6 months)
Description: This project is located on the Western Slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It is part of an ongoing study to develop the water resources of the Eagle River Basin for both in-basin use and transmountain water diversion to communities located on the Eastern Slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.